This Week at a Glance (June 2 - June 6)
- dcstayathomeparent
- Jun 1
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Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Program Updates:
Mt. Pleasant Library is temporarily CLOSED for renovations; scheduled to reopen in late June 2025. During this time, baby lap time and toddler story time will take place at Rita Bright Family & Youth Center on 14th and Chapin
MONDAY (June 2)
9:00am - 8:00pm: Anacostia Library I SPY Discover Summer - Scavenger Hunt
9:00am - 8:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Scavenger Hunt - Juneteenth
9:30am - 10:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Anacostia Library Special Juneteenth Story Time: DeAndra Hodge "Tell Me About Juneteenth" (free copies of the book while supplies last)
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 7:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Discover Adventurers Scavenger Hunt
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Story Time
11:00am - 11:45am: Woodridge Library Baby Lap Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby Lap Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Baby and Toddler Arts & Crafts, Play Time
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Afterschool Coloring
TUESDAY (June 3)
9:00am - 8:00pm: Anacostia Library I SPY Discover Summer - Scavenger Hunt
9:00am - 8:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Scavenger Hunt - Juneteenth
9:15am - 9:45am: Northeast Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:00am - 7:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Discover Adventurers Scavenger Hunt
10:30am - 11:00am: Anacostia Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Petworth Library Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Duplo Lego Play Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Baby Lap Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
12:30pm - 2:00pm: Rita Bright Family & Youth Center on 14th and Chapin (Mt. Pleasant Library Stand-in) Baby Lap Time
WEDNESDAY (June 4)
9:00am - 8:00pm: Anacostia Library I SPY Discover Summer - Scavenger Hunt
9:00am - 8:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Scavenger Hunt - Juneteenth
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (ticket required, register online in advance)
10:00am - 10:30am: Shaw Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:00am - 10:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Story and Craft Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Spark!Lab
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am - 11:00am: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:30am - 11:00am: Shaw Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:30am - 11:00am: Shepherd Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: West End Library Family Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Northwest One Library Toddler Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:00am - 11:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (ticket required, register online in advance)
11:15am - 12:15pm: Shepherd Park Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
12:00pm - 6:00pm: Anacostia Library Discover Summer Kickoff: Music, Ice Pops, Beach Games and more
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
3:00pm - 4:30pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Kids Paint and Sip
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Takoma Park Library Lego Play Time
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Parklands-Turner Library Discover Summer Kickoff
THURSDAY (June 5)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
9:45am - 10:15am: DCPL Baby Lap Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE
10:00am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date: World Ocean Day (Special story time at 10:15am and 11:00am)
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Spark!Lab
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am - 11:00am: Solid State Books H Street Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Air and Space Museum One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (timed ticket required)
10:30am - 11:00am: Northeast Library Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: DCPL Toddler Story Time at La Cosecha
10:30am - 11:15am: National Building Museum Story Time (free; register for museum admission)
10:30am - 1:00pm: Rita Bright Family & Youth Center on 14th and Chapin (Mt. Pleasant Library Stand-in) Toddler Story Time and Play Time
10:45am - 11:15am: DCPL Baby and Toddler Story Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE
11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required)
11:00am - 11:30am: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Performance Lab: Chamber Music at Noon
12:00pm - 8:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Scavenger Hunt - Juneteenth
12:00pm - 8:00pm: Anacostia Library I SPY Discover Summer - Scavenger Hunt
12:15pm - 1:15pm: American Art Museum Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC Pop-Up Concert
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Play Time
1:30pm - 2:00pm: Takoma Park Library Baby Lap Time
2:00pm - 2:30pm: Georgetown Library Baby Lap Time
3:30pm - 4:45pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Outdoor Play Time
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Discover Summer Kickoff
4:00pm - 4:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Pajama Story Time
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Anacostia Library Special Olympics Young Athletes in the Community - An Early Childhood Play Program (ages 2-7, register online)
FRIDAY (June 6)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 11:00am: National Gallery of Art First Fridays Story Time
10:00am - 11:30am: Postal Museum Story Time (meet in the Historic Lobby)
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Little Tyke Hike with a Ranger (at the Nature Center!)
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Spark!Lab
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:00am - 6:00pm: Anacostia Library I SPY Discover Summer - Scavenger Hunt
10:00am - 6:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Scavenger Hunt - Juneteenth
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Shaw Library Heure Du Conte - Bilingual fun in French and English
10:30am - 11:15am: Chevy Chase Library First Friday Fun
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Sensory Play Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Story Time and Movement with The Washington Ballet
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Portrait Gallery Art Studio
2:00pm - 3:00pm: National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Guided Tour
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Ukulele Sing-Along
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